We popped in for a quick bite to go. After numerous nights of dining at restaurants, we just wanted to veg out in our hotel. This place was great! I ordered the Veggie Kabob rice plate and the Beef Kofta Kebab Lafa to go. The portions are huge!! The lafa cane with 2 Mediterranean style "taco", if you will. For $15 it was definitely a substantial meal. I had plenty of food for lunch the next day to hold me over. The food was fresh and the Flatbread is amazing and soft! Definitely a great place to come and change up the flavor of meal from everything else I in Waikiki.
Faraaz Saiyed
Overpriced mediocre food.
Faraaz S.
Overpriced mediocre food. Rice plate has literally 3 tablespoons of rice. Can't have a falafel plate...have to order extra. Can't have bread as a side. Can't have rice as a side. Ridiculous!! $30 for 3 tablespoons of rice, fries and falafels. No bread. WTH
Jawad Ibrahim
Google said halal food. They are not. Worst customer service and worst food
Kennedy H.
DO NOT EAT HERE.. THE SERVICE WAS SO TERRIBLE. The food was terrible and when my friend (who ate at another restaurant) tried getting our parking ticket validated, the man working questioned her and was so rude rather than simply saying he couldn't validate it. He was giving so much attitude and was questioning her for no reason. Unless you want terrible service and rude workers I don't recommend here
Nandini Gupta
Took 20 mins to get a salad that was an ordinary salad that cost $17 + tip.
Raja
Kofta over rice was subpar. Can use more spices and larger serving. Spicy avocado mezze was no bueno. Avocado tasted stale. But free refills on drinks and nice receptionist.
Rayad Barakat
Delicious Middle Eastern flavors. Chef Michael Mina has done well adapting this palette to the island. Chicken lafa was juicy and flavorful, and the veggies tasted extra fresh! Zaatar fries were a fantastic side dish, with the cheese complimenting the zaatar.
Mika G.
I LOVE Mediterranean food but this place was a let down :/. It is located in the street social house (food court inside international marketplace). Service/Environment- since it is a food court there is no environment for the restaurant so no comment on the environment! But the service was okay... it felt like we waited a million years for our two appetizers. They also gave us plain hot sauce for our falafels and I was looking at the picture of the falafels and I was like they ripped us off.... they didn't give us the right sauce. So I went back and told them and they apologized and got us the correct sauce which was 10 times better but masked the taste of the falafels. Food- it was okay. We had the 1) zaatar fries and 2) falafel tots appetizers. The fries were yummy but that was about it. The falafel did not really have any flavor, unfortunately. The correct sauce for the falafels was tasty. Worth the $$$- not really... we were really disappointed with the falafel. The fries were worth it though! Instagram worthy- the fries looked delicious! The falafels looked a little sad. Added to my go to list?- I'll come back for the fries but this isn't a place I'd drive down to waikiki for. Overall the experience was okay.
Joy F.
Food was good, not sure about the service. I got the Salmon Lafa, and my bf got the Chicken Lafa. I thought it was good, my bf says "It's ok." The service though, the employees did not seem like they were there.
This was one of the most disappointing dishes I have ever had the displeasure of eating. You may ask, if it was so bad, then why did you eat it? Because it cost me half a pay cheque. The falafel was blended parsley, deep fried. The hummus was a literal ice cream container of blended chickpeas (perhaps they couldn't get tahini all the way out here?). The rice dish, the true disappointment of the meal, was made using reconstituted burger patty. Foul. I didn't think you could mess up Mediterranean, but Little Lafa have done just that.
Preston Kutney
Very tasty Mediterranean plates, much smaller than pictured on the menu though, and felt overpriced for a food court meal
Tara L.
I'm still sad about the new, modernized International Marketplace, but I did enjoy their food court. Little Lafa is one of the food vendors at the inside food court. I decided to order their Mediterranean salmon, which was very good. It came with rice, veggies, and a garlic butter type of sauce. I liked this food place because it was one of the healthier option within the food court.
Jake Falin
We very been coming to Waikiki for over 10 years and this has got to be the tastiest Mediterranean fast food we've ever had. The rice plates with pickled veggies are A+
We popped in for a quick bite to go. After numerous nights of dining at restaurants, we just wanted to veg out in our hotel. This place was great! I ordered the Veggie Kabob rice plate and the Beef Kofta Kebab Lafa to go. The portions are huge!! The lafa cane with 2 Mediterranean style "taco", if you will. For $15 it was definitely a substantial meal. I had plenty of food for lunch the next day to hold me over. The food was fresh and the Flatbread is amazing and soft! Definitely a great place to come and change up the flavor of meal from everything else I in Waikiki.
Overpriced mediocre food.
Overpriced mediocre food. Rice plate has literally 3 tablespoons of rice. Can't have a falafel plate...have to order extra. Can't have bread as a side. Can't have rice as a side. Ridiculous!! $30 for 3 tablespoons of rice, fries and falafels. No bread. WTH
Google said halal food. They are not. Worst customer service and worst food
DO NOT EAT HERE.. THE SERVICE WAS SO TERRIBLE. The food was terrible and when my friend (who ate at another restaurant) tried getting our parking ticket validated, the man working questioned her and was so rude rather than simply saying he couldn't validate it. He was giving so much attitude and was questioning her for no reason. Unless you want terrible service and rude workers I don't recommend here
Took 20 mins to get a salad that was an ordinary salad that cost $17 + tip.
Kofta over rice was subpar. Can use more spices and larger serving. Spicy avocado mezze was no bueno. Avocado tasted stale. But free refills on drinks and nice receptionist.
Delicious Middle Eastern flavors. Chef Michael Mina has done well adapting this palette to the island. Chicken lafa was juicy and flavorful, and the veggies tasted extra fresh! Zaatar fries were a fantastic side dish, with the cheese complimenting the zaatar.
I LOVE Mediterranean food but this place was a let down :/. It is located in the street social house (food court inside international marketplace). Service/Environment- since it is a food court there is no environment for the restaurant so no comment on the environment! But the service was okay... it felt like we waited a million years for our two appetizers. They also gave us plain hot sauce for our falafels and I was looking at the picture of the falafels and I was like they ripped us off.... they didn't give us the right sauce. So I went back and told them and they apologized and got us the correct sauce which was 10 times better but masked the taste of the falafels. Food- it was okay. We had the 1) zaatar fries and 2) falafel tots appetizers. The fries were yummy but that was about it. The falafel did not really have any flavor, unfortunately. The correct sauce for the falafels was tasty. Worth the $$$- not really... we were really disappointed with the falafel. The fries were worth it though! Instagram worthy- the fries looked delicious! The falafels looked a little sad. Added to my go to list?- I'll come back for the fries but this isn't a place I'd drive down to waikiki for. Overall the experience was okay.
Food was good, not sure about the service. I got the Salmon Lafa, and my bf got the Chicken Lafa. I thought it was good, my bf says "It's ok." The service though, the employees did not seem like they were there.
Restaurantji Recommends
Very tasty and fresh. Friendly staff.
This was one of the most disappointing dishes I have ever had the displeasure of eating. You may ask, if it was so bad, then why did you eat it? Because it cost me half a pay cheque. The falafel was blended parsley, deep fried. The hummus was a literal ice cream container of blended chickpeas (perhaps they couldn't get tahini all the way out here?). The rice dish, the true disappointment of the meal, was made using reconstituted burger patty. Foul. I didn't think you could mess up Mediterranean, but Little Lafa have done just that.
Very tasty Mediterranean plates, much smaller than pictured on the menu though, and felt overpriced for a food court meal
I'm still sad about the new, modernized International Marketplace, but I did enjoy their food court. Little Lafa is one of the food vendors at the inside food court. I decided to order their Mediterranean salmon, which was very good. It came with rice, veggies, and a garlic butter type of sauce. I liked this food place because it was one of the healthier option within the food court.
We very been coming to Waikiki for over 10 years and this has got to be the tastiest Mediterranean fast food we've ever had. The rice plates with pickled veggies are A+